Roofers in Blakeney, Norfolk

Your local roofer in Blakeney

Roofing in Blakeney means flint walls and a wind off the marsh

Blakeney sits on the edge of the salt marsh looking out towards the Point, and its flint and brick cottages have stood up to that wind for well over a century. Most carry steep clay pantile roofs, many in a conservation area where any re-roof has to match what was there before. Salt-laden wind off the marsh works into lead flashing and pointing faster than it would a few miles inland, and a cracked ridge or a slipped pantile on an exposed gable can let water in within days rather than weeks.

A good number of Blakeney's cottages are holiday lets, so a roof that starts letting damp in during a quiet week can go unnoticed until the next booking arrives and finds a stained ceiling. We know how tight that turnaround can be and work around let dates where we can, so the roof is sound before the next guests check in.

We come up from Norwich on the A148, about 25 miles, and we understand conservation area requirements on the older flint properties. You get an honest assessment, a written price before we start, and work that respects the character of the building as well as keeping it watertight.

Roof repairs, re-roofs and roofline in Blakeney

Salt air and marsh wind mean our roof repairs in Blakeney often involve re-pointed ridges, replaced lead flashing around chimneys, and re-set pantiles on the gables that take the worst of the weather. Where a flint cottage roof has reached the end of its life we quote a new roof in Blakeney in matching clay pantile, mindful of conservation area rules on the older streets.

Flat-roofed extensions on the older cottages get proper GRP or EPDM flat roofing rather than a felt patch that will not survive a winter of onshore gales. Timber roofline exposed to salt spray is replaced with low-maintenance uPVC fascias, soffits and guttering, and roofs holding damp under overhanging trees get a careful roof cleaning.